Word: firstness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After falling behind early, Harvard exploded for 13 straight points and a ten-point lead in the middle of the first half, a margin that expanded to 28 by the time both benches cleared in the fourth quarter...
What Harvard did best, however, was shoot. Accurately. Deadly. The team opened the second half by nailing its first nine field goal attempts, an assault that left the Crimson with a comfortable 1-point advantage...
Poised sophomore guard-forward Don Fleming, Harvard's top scorer last year, led the attack in the first half with 13 points, including seven in a row. He finished tied for the game's scoring lead with 21--despite fouling out with more than a quarter remaining...
History will note that 5-ft. 9-in. freshman Calvin Dixon scored his first points in a Harvard uniform on a high arching 18-footer with 3:10 left in the first half. They will not be his last...
Despite some predictable first game sloppiness--traveling, offensive fouls, bad shots--the Philadelphia native delighted the crowd of 1000 with some backcourt wizardry. A twisting drive to a left-handed reverse lay-up in the course of his seven-straight second half points brought many to their feet; Dixon may be bringing them to their feet for a long time...